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1. Tears of the Sun (2003)
R | 121 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Monica Bellucci, Eamonn Walker
Votes: 130,580 | Gross: $43.73M
2. Chocolat (1988)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
A French woman returns to her childhood home in Cameroon - formerly a colonial outpost - where she's flooded by memories, particularly of Protée, her servant.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Isaach De Bankolé, Giulia Boschi, François Cluzet, Jean-Claude Adelin
Votes: 4,478 | Gross: $2.32M
3. Big Bad Wolf (2006)
R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
After being attacked by a werewolf, a teenager believing it may have been his stepfather attempts to expose him.
Director: Lance W. Dreesen | Stars: Trevor Duke-Moretz, Kimberly J. Brown, Richard Tyson, Sarah Aldrich
Votes: 2,807
4. Paris (I) (2008)
R | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A ex-dancer has a heart problem and even with a transplant, he may still only have a few months to live. Time's spent looking at people/life in Paris from his balcony. His single mom sister moves in with her 3 kids to look after him.
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Romain Duris, Joffrey Platel, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 12,876 | Gross: $1.01M
5. Sitcom (1998)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister's suicide attempt and how much do you ... See full summary »
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Évelyne Dandry, François Marthouret, Marina de Van, Adrien de Van
Votes: 5,583
6. Gate of Flesh (1964)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
An injured thief on the run finds sanctuary within a brothel of united, ruthless women.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Kôji Wada, Yumiko Nogawa, Tomiko Ishii
Votes: 3,378
7. Sharing Christmas (2017 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance
Stephanie Nichols takes over the Christmas Shop, but a property developer has bought the building and is terminating the retail leases. She finds help and love from Michael Kilpatrick, who works for the developer.
Director: Peter Sullivan | Stars: Ellen Hollman, Bobby Campo, Cynthia Gibb, Dave Koz
Votes: 1,474
8. Terror Force Commando (1986)
86 min | Action, Thriller
A Cameroonese police officer (Alphonse Beni) and a CIA agent (Richard Harrison) try to prevent the Pope from being assassinated by Italian terrorists during his African tour.
Director: Richard Harrison | Stars: Richard Harrison, Alphonse Beni, Romano Kristoff, Ninette Assor
Votes: 64
9. Our Father (2002)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
Tahir (15) and Amine (8) wake up one morning to learn that their father has left home. The brothers decide to go looking for him. One day, they see their father on the big screen and decide to steal the reel.
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Stars: Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa, Hamza Moctar Aguid, Zara Haroun, Mounira Khalil
Votes: 738
10. Boko Haram: Terror in Africa (2016)
PG-13 | 52 min | Documentary
Last month, 82 Nigerian schoolgirls were released after 3 years of imprisonment. In exchange, 5 terrorist leaders walked free - These leaders belong to Boko Haram, the most bloodthirsty ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Forestier
Votes: 59
11. A Passport to Hell (1932)
75 min | Drama
A notorious, beautiful Englishwoman is kicked out of British West Africa to German West Africa just before the start of World War I. She marries a German colonial official to avoid ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Elissa Landi, Paul Lukas, Warner Oland, Alexander Kirkland
Votes: 131
12. Green Lions (2022)
78 min | Documentary, Sport
The story of the astonishing achievements of the Cameroon national football team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.
Director: Billy Dosanjh | Stars: Victor N'Dip Akem, John Barnes, Gianluigi Buffon, Claudio Caniggia
Votes: 56
13. Le Champion (2019)
74 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Le Champion is a feature documentary about poverty and prejudice, determination and boxing. The story begins and ends in Africa, as Sakio Bika searches for love, acceptance and a championship.
Director: Ben Damon | Stars: Belinda Bika, Sam Neill, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard
Votes: 11
14. Africa (2001– )
480 min | Documentary
An eight-part exploration of the diverse peoples that make up the African continent.
Stars: Joe Morton, Abba Defar, Annan Cedi, Adam Ilius
Votes: 32
15. Africa, I Will Fleece You (1992)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, History
A documentary examining political repression in Cameroon, Central Africa.
Director: Jean-Marie Téno | Stars: Jean-Marie Téno, Narcisse Kouokam, Marie Claire Dati, Essindi Mindja
Votes: 110
16. Almighty Amphibians (2003 TV Movie)
TV-G | 43 min | Documentary
Examines some of the largest and most unusual amphibians from around the world. Includes segments on cane toads and amphiumas in Florida, goliath frogs in Cameroon, Lake Titicaca frogs in ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Dockery, Victorio Mamani, Chris Wild, Andy Kaufmann
17. Mah Sa-Sah (2008)
91 min | Drama
The road to marriage for longtime sweethearts Nchare and Mapon is a difficult one. Nchare moves to his uncle's small village as a teen and meets Mapon. As adults, their engagement is jeopardized by persistent rumors.
Director: Daniel Kamwa | Stars: Abdel Aziz Nchankou, Béa Flore Mfouemoun, Adamou Njoya, Samuel Poyouoko
18. Totor (1994)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Daniel Kamwa | Stars: Marcel Bokalli, Mapeta Bolitchitchi, Marthe Bouambo, Jean Djamani
Votes: 9
19. Armageddon - Der Einschlag (2007)
84 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
Imagine finding out that a comet is coming to earth at a high rate of speed.
Stars: Pascal Langdale, Errol Shaker, Nina Liu, Megan Gay
Votes: 160
20. Cutlass (2021)
107 min | Drama
16-year-old Vivian moves to live with her grandmother Ma Granni in the city of Bamenda. On her arrival, she is infatuated by BEN, an Okada boy (commercial bike rider). Ben so Lovely and ... See full summary »
Director: Burri-Taka Bolalima | Stars: John Tembeng Bah, Abe Bella, Tamnjong Beri, Anjei Berline
21. Coup de Foudre à Yaoundé
95 min | Comedy, Romance | Pre-production
Directors: Mason Ewing, Patrick Timbe Moussanga | Stars: Hortavie Mpondo, Baba Wild, Blanche Bilongo, Marie Laeticia Manga
22. Suicides (1986)
86 min
A young Cameroonian student discovers in Paris the marginal world of young African drug addicts and their suppliers, and the drama of a youth exiled from its country of origin.
Director: Jean-Claude Tchuilen | Stars: Sidiki Bakaba, Christian Bebebey, Pierre Didy Tchakounte, Fanny Magier
Votes: 9
23. Manu Dibango, silences (1990 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
The well-known saxophonist Manu Dibango comes back to Cameroon, his native country, and tells us his story: in a way, the story of a happy colonized man. Béatrice Soulé restores for us with... See full summary »
Director: Béatrice Soulé | Stars: Manu Dibango, Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker
24. Das Kolonialinstitut (2019)
89 min | Documentary
When Hamburg University was founded in 1919, it was proud to be the first university of a new, democratic Germany. But the university didn't come from nothing. As early as 1909, professors ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Kulle | Star: Stella Jürgensen
27. Sands of Arena (2021)
Animation, Action, Drama
Ekwalla is a young fisherman who dreams of joining the Besua wrestling camp of Mboa Matanda where the beloved champion of the whole country, Maloka, his idol, is found. In Mboa Matanda, the... See full synopsis »
Director: Jules Kalla Eyango
28. Volcanic Sprint (2007)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary
The epic story of Africa's most grueling mountain race, and the local athletes who risk all for glory. The winners will achieve lifelong fame, but nearly half of all runners will quit the race, conquered by Mt. Cameroon.
Director: Steve Dorst | Stars: Sarah Etonge, John Ekema, Max Mwambo, Pierrot Talla
Votes: 31
29. Paradiso terrestre (1957)
87 min | Documentary
Seven expeditions penetrate the hidden far-out regions of four continents to bring from their depths the images of the ritual of love as practiced through the world.
Directors: Luciano Emmer, Robert Enrico | Stars: Gualtiero De Angelis, Stefano Sibaldi
30. The Outsider (2009)
Unrated | Drama
What happens when an African comes to stay in the home of your 'average American family'.
Director: Martin Fonkijom Fusi | Stars: Jack Stuart, Larry Holden, Frances Mitchell, Robert Shepherd
31. C'était le premier champ (1957)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Carlos Vilardebó | Star: Jean-François Calvé
32. Autour de Brazzaville (1943)
25 min | Documentary, Short
"The crime of the cease fire was to capitulate as if France had no empire". - Charles de Gaulle.
Director: Germaine Krull | Stars: Richard Francoeur, Charles de Gaulle, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
33. Life (II)
26 min | Drama | Post-production
Stars: Maria Legrand, Brinda Marafa, Ferry Domche, Raphael Matouke
35. Rudolf Duala Manga Bell - a German Story (2021)
Documentary, Short
This film tells the true story of a Cameroonian King who used peaceful protests to fight the brutal German colonial regime. For his resistance against their apartheid plans, the German Empire executed him in 1914.
Director: Henrik Langsdorf
37. Omaru - Eine afrikanische Liebesgeschichte (1955)
100 min | Documentary
Director: Albert Quendler | Stars: Omaru, Jindaray, Jidacha, Delimassa
38. Contre-censure (1976)
27 min | Documentary, Short
What lay behind the banning of Cameroonian author Mongo Beti's novel "Main Basse Sur Le Cameroun" (1971), or the little-known story of Cameroon's independence.
Directors: Jean-Claude Burger, Alain d'Aix | Stars: Léandre Bergeron, Mongo Beti
39. Common Law (2019)
6 min | Short, Comedy
When there's a knock on their apartment door Thanksgiving Day, Jay decides that today's not the day to introduce his girlfriend and common-law partner, Sam, to his Cameroonian parents.
Director: Karen Monie | Stars: Brian Armadi, Karen Monie, Ogeh Oghenekaro, Olubunmi Ogunsakin
40. Fragments de vie (2000)
85 min | Drama
The film takes place in the slum quarters of a city in equatorial Africa, a kind of 'grey area' in which, when the sun has gone down, the people come alive and dance themselves to ... See full summary »
Director: François Woukoache | Stars: Jean Bediebe, Hélène Beleck, Jérome Bolo, Deneuve Djobong
41. International Friendly Match: Japan vs Cameroon (2020 TV Special)
Sport
Stars: Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa, Koki Anzai, Ritsu Doan, Karl Toko Ekambi
42. La grande case (1949)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jacques Dupont | Star: Louis Arbessier
43. Ambazonia (2020)
12 min | Short
The Anglophone Crisis, also known as the Ambazonia War, or the Cameroonian Civil War, is a conflict in the Southern Cameroons region of Cameroon. In September 2017, separatists in the ... See full summary »
Director: Jonny Pickup
44. Guldvaskarn' från Lannavaara (2025)
90 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography | Filming
A film about the gold panning adventures of Hans Söderström, an indigenous Swede. The story stretches from Scandinavia to Africa, via Asia and the Americas, but ultimately boils down to the simple boyish dream of finding gold. Lots of it.
Director: Mattias Löw | Stars: Behati Prinsloo, Pope Francis, Nelson Mandela, Xi Jinping
45. Jean Paul (2006)
8 min | Short
Baloum is a very remote and pristine village up in the mountains of Western Cameroon. Jean Paul was born and raised there. He's dying chained to a tree, victim of superstitions. He's been ... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Uboldi
46. Ils ont mangé mon fils (2017)
Drama
Director: Alphonse Beni | Stars: Alphonse Beni, Blanche Bana, Prisca Wandji, Franck Jonas
47.
The Timcast Channel (2017– )
Episode:
Migrant Caravan from Africa Caught in Texas??!?
(2019)
News
Star: Tim Pool
48.
Reporters (2015– )
Episode:
African Football Players Dream of Kickstarting Career in Asia
(2016)
Southeast Asia is awash with football fever. New leagues and new teams are springing up everywhere - even in countries where the sport was until recently a minority pastime. To beef up ... See full summary »
Director: Cyril Payen
49.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
What was WW1 Like in Africa?
(2021)
16 min | Documentary, Animation
True to its name, the First World War was a conflict that impacted human lives across the globe. Africa was no exception, with the Great War bringing destruction and famine across the ... See full summary »
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen
50.
Mr. D (2012–2018)
Episode:
Culture Day
(2013)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Culture Day at Xavier and each teacher has been asked to model their classroom after a country. Gerry pushes for Scotland, only to find that Dwyer already has it.
Director: Steve Wright | Stars: Gerry Dee, Jonathan Torrens, Lauren Hammersley, Booth Savage
Votes: 34